Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Scott Adams | |
| Title: | Scott Adams Papers | |
| Dates: | 1920-1981 | |
| Abstract: | Papers of Scott Adams (1909-82), president of American Documentation Institute (1954-55) and Medical Library Association (1967-68); secretary, chairman and member of professional councils, committees, conferences and groups concerned with acquisitions; indexing; medical librarianship; foreign library resources; and international information policies, services and transfer. | |
| Volume: | 13 cubic feet. | |
| Record Series Number: | /97//1/ | |
Papers of Scott Adams (1909-82), president of American Documentation Institute (1954-55) and Medical Library Association (1967-68); secretary, chairman and member of professional councils, committees, conferences and groups concerned with acquisitions; indexing; medical librarianship; foreign library resources; and international information policies, services and transfer. Adams graduated from Yale (1930) and Columbia Library School (1940) and was a librarian at Columbia (1940-42), Providence Public Library (1943-45) Army Medical Library (1945-50), National Institutes of Health (1950-59), and National Library of Medicine (1960-70) and Director of the University of Louisville Center for International Education (1973-75). He served as consultant, program specialist and reporter for international conferences about scientific information programs.
By type of record and chronological thereunder
Restrictions on Access and Use
None, the collection is open to the public.
Subject Terms |
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| The subject headings used by the University of Illinois Archives were developed by University of Illinois Archivist Maynard Brichford and University Archivist Bill Maher. They are specific to this institution | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Medical Libraries Association | ||
| Pan-American Health Organization | ||
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | ||
| Places: | ||
| Louisville, University of | ||
| National Library of Medicine | ||
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Libraries | ||
| Yale University | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Indexing | ||
| Medical Libraries | ||
| Universal System for Information in Science and Technology (UNISIST) | ||
| Occupations: | ||
| Information Science | ||
| Functions: | ||
| Scientific Organization Programs | ||
| Titles: | ||
| Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) | ||
Scott Adams Papers, 97/1/32, American Library Association
Personal Papers and Correspondence, 1920-81 . Box 1 - 6